Angulate Tortoise (Bowsprit tortoise, Chersina angulata)

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The Angulate tortoise (Chersina angulata) is a beautiful tortoise native to South Africa and Namibia.

Angulate Tortoise Books

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Books

	Tortoises, Terrapins & Turtles of Africa by Bill Branch Struik Publishers, 2008 includes the Angulate tortoise 128 glossy pages, color photos ISBN-10: 1770074635 ISBN-13: 978-1770074637
	The Southern African Tortoise Book by Richard C. Boycott, Ortwin Bourquin O. Bourquin, 2nd revised ed., 2000 includes the Angulate tortoise 228 pages, b/w and color photos limited availability ISBN-10: 0620265361 ISBN-13: 978-0620265362 1st edition, 1988
	A Beginner's Guide to Leopard and other South African Tortoises Misty Corton Carapace Press, Jul 2000 includes the Angulate tortoise 32 pages, limited availability ISBN-10: 1873943539 ISBN-13: 978-1873943533
	Turtles: Proceedings: International Turtle & Tortoise Symposium, Vienna 2002 by H. Artner, B. Farkas, V. Loehr Edition Chimaira, Mar 2006 includes a chapter about keeping and breeding Angulate tortoises 621 glossy pages, color photos ISBN-10: 393061278X ISBN-13: 978-3930612789
	A Guide to the Reptiles of Southern Africa Graham Alexander, Johan Marais Struik Publishers, Jan, 2008 includes the Angulate tortoise color photos, 408 pages ISBN-10: 1770073868 ISBN-13: 978-1770073869
no cover pic	Cape tortoises: Their identification and care Ernst H.W. Baard Cape Nature Conservation, 1994 ISBN-10: 0798401958 ISBN-13: 978-0798401951 68 pages, out of print
	Tortoises, Terrapins and Turtles Drawn from Life by James de Carle Sowerby & Edward Lear H. Sotheran, J. Baer & Co, 1872 you can read this book online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library pdf p. 15 text and p. 57 color plate for Testudo angulata

DVD's

Life in Cold Blood

hosted by David Attenborough
BBC Warner, Aug 2008
a beautifully filmed, highly rated documentary about reptiles and amphibians
includes footage of Angulate tortoises on Dassen Island
5 episodes on 2 discs, 250 min

Nature: Reptiles

Abraham, Christie, McGillin, Coyote
Questar/Thirteen WNET New York, 2003 (award-winning PBS series)
1st episode is crocodilians and 2nd is turtles and tortoises
includes the Angulate tortoise
2 episodes, 112 min

Recent magazines

Marginata - German turtle and tortoise magazine, Die Afrikanische Schnabelbrustschildkröte (Chersina angulata), part 1 in issue #23 (Oct-Dec 2009), part 2 in #24 (Jan-Mar 2010), part 3 in #25 (Apr-Jun 2010), in German only
Practical Reptile Keeping - UK reptile magazine, Nov 2009 issue includes an article about Angulate tortoises in Africa

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